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By The Alzeimers Society on 28th March 2018

Health as a Social Movement: Creatively Overcoming Loneliness in…

The Alzeimer’s Society is exploring ways to reduce the isolation felt by many in care homes, through the Airedale Social Movement Programme. The Alzheimer’s Society has been running the Airedale Social Movement Programme in Airedale, Wharfedale, Craven and Leeds since August

Our world - Ideas & Analysis

By Larch Maxey on 19th March 2018

Five Wellbeing Lessons from Birmingham

On Thursday 8th March 2018 a group of us from NOW’s practitioner network across the UK converged on Birmingham to see first-hand the innovative Wellbeing Programme that Birmingham City Council has developed under the leadership of Karen Creavin and her team. In

Our world - Beyond Consumption

By Florence Scialom on 6th March 2018

International Day of Happiness: Share what makes you happy…

On 20th March it will International Day of Happiness. This March also marks 50 years since Robert Kennedy made a famous speech spelling out the inadequacy of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) as a measure of societal progress, saying that, “it measures everything, in short,

Your wellbeing - Health

By Katleen Brown on 4th March 2018

Six Tips for Caring for Yourself and Others

When people talk about healthy lifestyles, it often centers around food and exercise, but when it comes to overall wellbeing, these are just part of the picture. In order to be truly healthy, you have to consider all areas of

Our world - Healthy Planet

By Catherine Causely on 1st March 2018

Five Links Between Re-Use and Wellbeing

There are more connections between wellbeing and re-use than you might expect, from better relationships to delayed gratification. When I was invited to write this article I didn’t automatically see the link between reuse and wellbeing; yes reuse fits in

Our world - Wellbeing Together

By Florence Scialom on 15th November 2017

Building Wellbeing Together

How can we build wellbeing together – in our own lives, in wider society and in harmony with the natural world? Almost 100 people came together to explore the above question at our Building Wellbeing Together Weekend held in partnership

Wellbeing and the economy - Katherine Trebeck interview

Your community - Kindness & Belonging

By Carnegie UK Trust on 15th August 2017

The Place of Kindness

By Zoe Ferguson, Carnegie UK Trust Kindness is an important, often underestimated, virtue to hold and something we are perhaps all guilty of taking for granted, ignoring even, in a fast moving society. Yet kindness has the potential to impact and individual,

Your community - Kindness & Belonging

By Larch Maxey on 11th August 2017

Breaking the Spell of Loneliness and Building Wellbeing Together

Loneliness could be considered the antithesis of happiness and wellbeing. This is why here at Network of Wellbeing (NOW) we are proud to have supported the ‘Breaking The Spell of Loneliness Tour’ run by leading journalist George Monbiot and folk singer

Your wellbeing - Nature

By Alan Heeks on 5th June 2017

Seven principles for Natural Happiness

We have too much to learn from observing nature which can help us to nourish our sense of resilience and wellbeing. As highlighted in a previous guest post for NOW, there are seven principles forming the basis of his book

Your wellbeing - Nature

By The Wildlife Trusts on 1st June 2017

Sunshine for the Soul: 30 Days Wild Benefits Health…

This is a guest post by The Wildlife Trusts about their annual challenge: 30 Days Wild.This post is also relevant to this year’s World Environment Day on 5th June, which is based on the theme “I’m With Nature”, encouraging people

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